Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 414 - 156: Nanjun Trembles! The Sin of Slaying a True God! (10,000-word mega - , subscribe please)_5
Such news, first within the cultivator circles of Guyuan County, spread like a hurricane in an instant.
From late last night.
To this morning’s dawn.
Inside Guyuan County, whether it was orthodox cultivators or some evil cultivators hiding in the dark, they all inevitably became aware of the specific situation that transpired last night.
Even though they were cultivators with extensive experience, their reactions were no better than Head Arrestor Liu’s.
In fact, because they were cultivators aware of many common sense aspects of cultivation, they were even more shocked, more dumbstruck, and more astonished than Head Arrestor Liu.
"Fellow Taoist, the things... the things you’re talking about, are they really true?" In a certain Taoist Temple, a gray-robed elderly Taoist Priest stared at another elderly Taoist Priest dressed in a blue robe.
The gray-robed Taoist Priest’s murky eyes were at this moment wider than anyone else’s.
"I swear by the San Qing, it’s true!" replied the blue-robed Taoist Priest with a very complex expression.
"Hiss!!" The gray-robed Taoist Priest was stunned!
"Really... someone actually slew a god? And... and it was a righteous god at that? And even... even at the end, an Underworld Judge appeared to cover up for the God-Slayer?" exclaimed the gray-robed Taoist Priest: "Not even a storyteller could make up such preposterous tales, right?"
"But this is the truth, and it was what I myself witnessed last night," said the blue-robed Taoist Priest with a bitter smile: "If fellow Taoist you don’t believe it, you can go check out the Earth Temple. The land there is utterly fractured and desolate; alas, such a scene of devastation it is."
"There... there... there really is such a madman, daring to swing his sword toward a righteous god!?" The gray-robed Taoist Priest grasped a teacup with a trembling hand.
The tea inside the cup was still quite hot and trembled along with his movements.
He took a small, shivering sip.
He didn’t care how scalding the tea was, he just wanted to calm himself down a bit.
To properly digest this massive piece of information.
Moreover.
As days passed, the events that occurred in Guyuan County began to spread farther and wider. It was not just the cultivators who knew about the incident, but even some common folks had also vaguely heard some details about it.
"A Taoist Priest cut down a God of the Earth? Is that true or false? You guys are spreading such blasphemous rumors? Aren’t you scared of divine punishment?!"
"What divine punishment? This matter has already spread through county after county; although I don’t know whether it is true or false, since so many people are talking about it... then perhaps, it might be true?"
"I’ve also heard this rumor. They say that the Earth Deity of Guyuan County, despite being a local deity, oppressed the people, making their lives miserable. Then, he was cut down by a very powerful Taoist Priest."
"Even if he did make the people’s lives miserable, shouldn’t it be the Heavenly Court above that should deal with such matters? Is that Taoist Priest not afraid of divine punishment for meddling?"
"For the sake of tens of thousands of common folk, he dared to strike at a God of the Earth; how could such a Taoist Priest fear divine punishment?"
"Right! And besides, a Taoist Priest who removes such harm for the people, how could he be struck by divine punishment?"
"Why is what I heard different from what you all are saying? I heard that the Earth Deity of Guyuan County was conspiring with an Evil God to harm an Underworld Judge. A mortal Taoist Priest then exposed their plot, and when the Earth Deity became furious and decided to engage in a magical duel with the Taoist Priest, it turned out that the Taoist Priest was extremely powerful, a true immortal descended! The Earth Deity of Guyuan County kicked an iron board and was slain by a single sword strike from the Taoist Priest!"
"Nonsense! Clearly it was that Taoist Priest who saw that God of the Earth acting debauched, taking women from the people. Thus, he petitioned to the Heavenly Court to execute that Earth Deity, a Deity General from the Heavenly Court possessed that Taoist Priest, and with a single strike, eradicated him!"
"How come your stories are getting more and more far-fetched..."
"..."
Such bustling discussions took place within the Nanjun Prefecture Government of the Great Zhou Dynasty... This news had long since traveled from Guyuan County to the Prefecture.
The Thousand Household Leader of the Qiantian Division from Nanjun Prefecture Government drank his wine with a complex expression, listening to the excited discussions from the diners around him, and he looked forward at Yun Shouji: "Although... these people outside are all speaking rather exaggeratedly, but when it comes to the actual truth, it’s not too far off."
The Thousand Household Leader was in a tavern, and all the previous discussions were from the patrons inside the tavern.
The Thousand Household Leader continued, "I can clearly see that Daoist Priest Fan is not simple..."
"But I didn’t expect him to be not simple to this extent."
At this point.
He asked, "Does that old master from your Yun Clan have the cultivation to slay an Earth Deity?"
Yun Shouji fell silent, pausing for a moment before he finally spoke, "I don’t know. Perhaps he can, perhaps he cannot. Honestly, I was not expecting Fan Wu to encounter such an incident on this trip." 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺
"I was even less expecting that, upon facing such an incident, his first reaction was not to seek help from the myriad gods in the temples and Taoist Temples, but to take action himself and slay an Earth Deity."
"Even less conceivable was the fact that he could actually slay an Earth Deity," said Yun Shouji with deep emotion: "An Earth Deity, no matter how minor a deity, is still a deity! For people like us, being able to serve in a minor role in the Underworld after death is already considered good fortune. It would take a great opportunity to be jointly decreed by the Imperial Court and the Heavenly Court to become a local righteous god."
